NESMA'S BIRDS

Najwan Ali was born in 1989 in Iraq. She is a graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, Department of Audio and Visual. Najwan worked as part of the Iraqi 35mm short film workshops, writing and directing her latest film, Nesma’s Birds, co-directed by Medoo Ali. Her other directorial credits are Critical Days and Book of Love. Medoo Ali was born in 1991 and studied at the Center of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Medoo directed his first short film, Children of War, as well as co-directed Nesma’s Birds, as part of a workshop through the Iraqi Independent Film Center.